Stool Diary
Choose your Macrogol 3350 plus electrolytes
Please complete and take this to your doctor on your next visit
DATE
BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
TYPE
1
TIME
TYPE
TYPE OF STOOL
(use number from
stool chart)
QUANTITY OF STOOL
Large (L) / Medium (M) /
Small (S)
PANTS SOILED?
WHERE WAS STOOL
PASSED?
Toilet / Nappy / Other
NUMBER OF
TIMES DURING
THE DAY
DOSAGE OF LAXATIVES TAKEN
FOR CHILDREN ONLY:
PAIN / DISTRESS
WHEN PASSING STOOL?
Yes / No / Some
BREAKFAST
TYPE OF
SOILING
Stained / Loose / Solid
2
TYPE
3✓
TYPE
4 ✓
TYPE
5
TYPE
6
TYPE
LUNCH
DINNER
POO!
7
Rabbit droppings
Looks like separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass)
A bunch of grapes
Looks like a sausage-shape but lumpy
Corn on cob
Looks like a sausage but with cracks on its surface
Sausage
Looks smooth and soft like a sausage
Chicken nuggets
Looks like soft blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily)
Porridge
Looks like fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
Gravy
Looks watery, no solid pieces (entirely liquid)
When nature needs a nudge™
Increase
MOVICOL dose*
Increase
MOVICOL dose*
Maintain
MOVICOL dose
Maintain
MOVICOL dose
Decrease
MOVICOL dose
Decrease
MOVICOL dose
Stop taking MOVICOL
for a day or two
*Refer overleaf for maximum recommended dosage. Adapted from concept by Professor DCA Candy and Emma Davey, based on the
Bristol Stool Form Scale produced by Dr KW Heaton, Reader in Medicine at the University of Bristol. © 2000 Norgine Limited.
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10520 NOR Movicol DL Patient Leaflet 10pp_FA2.indd 1-5
Information about MOVICOL®
and constipation
Before using MOVICOL please read the pack insert
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About Constipation
What exactly is constipation?
Put most simply, if you are going to the toilet less often
than usual, it’s probably constipation.
Poo – which your health professional may refer to as ‘stools’
or ‘bowel movements’ – may be hard, dry and difficult
to pass, because it’s lost water as it’s passed through
the bowel.
For children, there may be signs like:
• Pain in the tummy or bottom
• F
inding it hard to have a bowel movement,
or having one that really hurts
• F
eeling you still want to go, even after
you’ve passed a stool
What’s faecal impaction?
A doctor or nurse may use this term when there hasn’t been
a proper bowel movement for several days – or even weeks.
It means the poo has been building up in your insides
and becoming more and more difficult to get out.
Children with faecal impaction tend to have a dribbly bottom
and often dirty their pants.
Faecal impaction needs to be confirmed by a doctor.
What is MOVICOL?
How many sachets, for how long?
MOVICOL works in harmony with the body to gently bring
on a natural bowel movement – unlike some other laxatives
whose effects can sometimes be a little harsh.
Don’t worry – soft stools mean MOVICOL has started to work.
Regardless of constipation’s cause, the main effect is that poo
becomes hard, dry and difficult to pass because of water lost
during the long time it’s been in the bowel.
# Doctors may adjust the starting dose according to individual requirements
After one or two days of treatment refer to the Bristol Stool Chart overleaf
to assess consistency of the stools and adjust dosage up or down
LOOSE/WATERY
STOOLS?
Type 5, 6 or 7
Keep a record of your bowel movements
Increase number
of sachets*
Maintain dosage
Reduce dosage,
or stop (Type 7)
Keeping track of how often you or your child pass stools –
and what they’re like – can help in future.
*Up to 3 full strength sachets for adults or 4 half strength sachets for children under
12 years
In medically diagnosed faecal impaction
Other things that can help
• Sit on the toilet regularly, for example for 5 minutes after
each meal
• If you want to go to the toilet, go immediately –
don’t hold on
• Drink more water than usual (around 6 to 8 glasses
per day) unless on a fluid restricted diet
• Eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day
• Do some kind of exercise every day
The correct position for opening your bowels
1
Use the Stool Chart overleaf to recognise the type of stool
passed and enter the corresponding number in your Stool
Diary (also overleaf) along with how much MOVICOL was
taken. Then take the completed diary to your doctor or nurse
on your next visit.
2
FOOT
REST
FOOT
REST
Lean forward and put
elbows on your knees
Knees higher than hips
• These dosage rates apply only up until ‘disimpaction’
(a bowel movement) has happened.
3
Number of MOVICOL sachets per day - Half Strength
How do you take it?
AGE
DAY 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
2-5
years
2
4
4
6
6
8
8
6-11
years
4
6
8
10
12
12
12
†
AGE
DAY 1
2
3
Adults and children > 12 years
8
8
8
8 sachets need to be taken within 6 hours
†
†
†
4
HALF STRENGTH 30s
Mix each sachet with 62.5 mL (approx. ¼ cup) of water
FOOT
REST
Bulge out your abdomen
and straighten your spine
Number of MOVICOL sachets per day - Full Strength
• M
OVICOL can then be taken as is, but if desired you can
add cordial to the mixed solution (for any MOVICOL flavour).
If your health professional has recommended MOVICOL, they
have probably advised you about how much to take and for
how long. Otherwise please use the chart and table opposite
as a guide.
If there’s anything you’re unsure about, please contact
your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. Always read the patient
information leaflet that comes with the medicine.
NORMAL BOWEL
MOVEMENT?
Type 3 or 4
How long will it take?
Because of the gentle, natural mode of action, it can take a day
or so after starting MOVICOL before you have your first bowel
movement. But it will be a predictable and comfortable one, in
harmony with the way your body works.
However, if the poo becomes very runny or diarrhoea (see
Stool Type 7 on the chart in this leaflet), you should stop
taking your medicine until the runny poo stops. Then start
again using fewer sachets.
STILL
CONSTIPATED?
No stool, or Type 1 or 2
• M
OVICOL comes in sachets and is a white powder that
you need to mix with the correct amount of water. Stir it
well until dissolved (the water becomes clear again, even
for MOVICOL chocolate).
10520 NOR Movicol DL Patient Leaflet 10pp_FA2.indd 6-10
#
ADULTS and CHILDREN >12 years: 1 full strength sachet daily
CHILDREN 2-5 years: 1 half strength sachet daily
CHILDREN 6-11 years: 2 half strength sachets daily
How does it work?
The active ingredient in MOVICOL (called macrogol 3350)
is virtually unabsorbed by your body.
You may get very soft poo
Chronic or occasional constipation
RECOMMENDED STARTING DOSE
MOVICOL works in a natural way, taking water straight to
the dehydrated stool, where it’s absorbed and retained.
The effect of the water is to lubricate, soften and expand
the poo – ultimately triggering an easy and comfortable
bowel movement just like a normal poo.
While you’re taking this medicine
FULL STRENGTH 30s
FULL STRENGTH 8s
Mix each sachet with 125 mL (approx. ½ cup) of water
Reproduced by the kind permission
of Ray Addision, Nurse Consultant in
Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction. Wendy
Ness, Colorectal Nurse Specialist.
Produced as a service to the medical
profession by Norgine Pty Limited.
FOOT
REST
CORRECT POSITION
Knees higher than hips
Leaning forward with
elbows on knees
Bulge out your abdomen
Straighten your spine
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